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* [[Liberia]] annexes the [[Republic of Maryland]] as native groups (notably [[Grebo people]] and [[Kru people]]) continually attack and kill settlers in [[Cape Palmas]].
* The first commercial [[tea plantation]] in the [[British Raj]] is opened in the [[Malnicherra Tea Estate|Mulnicherra Estate]] in [[Sylhet District|Sylhet]].<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.theindependentbd.com/printversion/details/130465|newspaper=[[The Independent (Bangladesh)]]|title=Tea cultivation|date=Dec 31, 2017}}</ref>
* The [[Mormons]] abandon [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]].
* [[Kuala Lumpur]], the future capital of [[Malaysia]], is founded as a [[tin mining]] settlement.
* [[La Tène culture]] artifacts are discovered in Switzerland, by [[Hansli Kopp]].
* [[Illinois State University]], the first public university in [[Illinois]], is established in [[Normal, Illinois]].
* [[San Jose State University|San Jose State]], the first public U.S. university west of the Mississippi River, opens in San Francisco as [[Minns Evening Normal School|Minn's Evening School]].
* [[Bucharest]] becomes the world's first city to have its streets illuminated by [[kerosene lamp]]s.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Romanian Inventions|journal=The Reminder|issue=46|date=June 1983|page=3 (suppl.)}}</ref>
* U.S. politician [[William Daniel (Maryland politician)|William Daniel]] proposes the [[Local Option]] for [[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]].
* U.S. composer [[James Lord Pierpont]] composes "[[Jingle Bells]]", originally entitled "The One Horse Open Sleigh".
* Suzumoto [[Vaudeville]] Theater officially opens in Ueno region, [[Edo (Tokyo)|Edo]] (modern-day [[Tokyo]]) in Japan.